Japanese American Citizens League; Bills, Legislative -- United States; Asian American legislators; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Reparations;...
Letter from Japanese American Citizens League thanking legislators' efforts in the creation of the Commission on Wartime Relocaton and Internment of Civilians through the approval of S. 1647 and H.R. 5499. The bills were referred to the President...
Asian American legislators; Bills, Legislative -- United States; Inouye, Daniel K., 1924-; Japanese American Citizens League; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Photographs; Matsui, Robert T., 1941-; Matsunaga, Spark,...
The Japanese American Citizens League Legislative Education Committee dinner hosted by the Pacific Southwest District Legislative Education Committee served to raise funds for professional lobbying efforts necessary to enact the House bill H.R. 422...
Bills, Legislative -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Matsui, Robert T., 1941-; Walerga Assembly Center;
Article 1: Robert T. Matsui joined in sponsoring legislation that woud require a minimum five-year prison sentence for individuals convicted of a Federal crime involving the use of firearms. Article 2: A "Day of Remembrance" program will be held at...
Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Japanese American Citizens League. National Committee for Redress; Bills, Legislative -- United States;
Two votes were approved during the National Japanese American Citizens League Redress Committee meeting: to endorse the concept of a (legislative) commission and to endorse the "one-step" concept of examining the remedies for the internment of...
Bills, Legislative -- United States; Legislators -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; United States. Congress. Commission on...
The House received legislation that would establish a Commission on Wartime Evacuation of Citizens. The bill is identical to S. 1647 introducted by Sen. Daniel Inouye and Sen. Spark M. Matsunaga.
Bills, Legislative -- United States; Legislators -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; United States. Congress. Commission on...
Legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives that would establish a commission on war relocation and internment of civilians. Robert T. Matsui (D-Calif.) was part of sponsors. The bill was identical to S1647, which was introduced in...
Bills, Legislative -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Legislators -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; United States. Congress. Commission on...
Rep. Sidney Yates (D-Illinois) switches his support from a bill backed by the National Council for Japanese American Redress to the senate bill 1647, the Study Commission Bill. Article includes photograph of Rep. Sidney Yates.
Bills, Legislative -- United States; Japanese American Citizens League. National Committee for Redress; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945;...
President Carter signed redress bill to form a commission to look into Japanese American Internment during Word War II. Article lists those in attendance.
Bills, Legislative -- United States; Japanese American Citizens League; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Legislative hearings -- United...
H.R. 5499, the Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians Act is calling for a commission to look into the Japanese Americans and Alaskan Aleuts internment will come before the House of Representatives on July 21.
Legislative hearings -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Legislative hearings -- United States; Bills, Legislative -- United States;
Transcripts of congressional hearings on the H.R. 4110 redress bill before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations have been released according to the Japanese American Citizens League National Redress...
Bills, Legislative -- United States; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Quotations; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Speeches, addresses, etc; Japanese Americans -- Civil rights; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans --...
Robert T. Matsui speaks in support of H.R. 442, Civil Liberties Act of 1985 at a Capitol Hill press conference. Robert T. Matsui quoted in the article.
Bills, Legislative -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Legislators -- California; Matsui, Robert T., 1941-; Mineta, Norman Yoshio, 1931-; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Quotations;
Robert T. Matsui and other Congressmen urge congress to pay reparations to the Japanese Americans that were interned in relocation centers. H.R. 442 titled "Civil Liberties Act of 1985" would establish a trust fund to compensate Japanese Americans ...
Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Photographs; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Speeches, addresses, etc; Japanese Americans -- Civil rights; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Bills, Legislative -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.;
Robert T. Matsui speaks in support of H.R. 442, Civil Liberties Act of 1985 at a Capitol Hill press conference. Includes photograph of Robert T. Matsui.
Bills, Legislative -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Legislators -- California; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Quotations; Pashayan, Charles; Mineta, Norman Yoshio, 1931--Quotations;
Charles "Chip" Pashayan becomes the first republican congressman from California to support House Resolution 442, redress legislation. Other co-sponsors of the legislation include Rep. Lane Evans (D) and Rep. Raymond McGrath (R). Robert T. Matsui...